Mexico City, Mexico.-A group of Cuban exiles In Tampa, he confronted the Cuban ambassador to the US, Lianys Torres Rivera, on March 3. The diplomat, guarded by her security group, was preparing to have dinner at the French restaurant Mise en Place, according to a video published by the channel AmericaTevé.
The footage shows how the official tries to cover her face and hide while a group of exiles confront her for serving a “murderous regime.”
The group that rebuked her approached her asking why there were so many political prisoners in Cuba. The act of rejection was carried out by Roberto Pizano, a former political prisoner who served 18 years in Castro’s prisons. There was also his son Raphael Pizano, a veteran of the US Armed Forces who addressed those present in English telling them who that woman was and the pain suffered by Cuban families.
“How do you bring the representative of a murderous regime here? Do you know how many years I was in a prison in Cuba? 18 years. But those HPs had sentenced me to death!” said the exile.
In the video, Raphael addresses the ambassador and yells at her: “You are a shameless communist. Down with the communist regime and they are pigs”.
Along with the diplomat was Albert “Al” Fox Jr., a promoter of the thaw and sympathizer of the Cuban dictatorship.
Fox Jr., 79, has been an advocate for the restoration of relations with Cuba for the past two decades as president of the nonprofit organization he founded, the Alliance for Responsible Cuba Policy Foundation, acknowledges TAmpa Bay Times.
While in Cuba there are hardly any basic foods, the representative of the dictatorship dined in a luxurious restaurant, with a Michelin star, where consumption ranges between $740 – $1,444, according to the page Trip Advisor.
In May 2022, Lianys Torres Rivera paid a visit to Miami to meet with businessmen related to travel and remittances to the Island. She tried to visit in secret to avoid protests from exile but was surprised. Subsequently, congresswoman María Elvira Salazar criticized the presence of the Cuban ambassador in the streets of Miami and described it as an insult to exile.
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